Appropriate infection control measures

Development of carbapenem resistance is common in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This resistance, which is due mainly to alteration of the OprD porin, the specific uptake pathway of carbapenems, may also result from acquisition of foreign genes encoding Ambler class A, class B, or class D B-lactamases. These enzymes able to hydrolyze carbapenems at various degrees. Thus, detection of carbapenemase producers in clinical laboratories is of utmost importance for the determination of appropriate therapeutic schemes and the implementation of infection control measures.

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The incidence of infections caused by multidrug resistant ESBL producing K.pneumoniae is on rise. The treatment of these infections have become increasingly difficult and life threatening. Knowledge on prevalence of these infections and corresponding antimicrobial susceptibility patterns is essential regionally. Routine standard operative procedures were followed in the laboratory in processing the clinical specimens for culture and sensitivity. ESBL producing K.pneumoniae were identified by phenotypic combination disc test. Majority of K.

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Candida species are a common cause of neonatal nosocomial bloodstream infections in infants and are a leading cause of infectious-related mortality in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The objective of this study was to determine the predominant organisms, antifungal sensitivity patterns and clinical risk factors in neonatal fungal blood stream infection cases (BSI) admitted to our hospital. This is a retrospective study of all neonatal fungal BSI cases between May 2018 and October 2018. Fungal sepsis was found in 25/210 (11.9%) of cases.

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Extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae has tremendously increased worldwide and it is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality associated with hospital-acquired infections. This could be attributed to association of multi drug resistance in ESBL producing isolates. Therefore, in the present study, an attempt was made to know the rate of ESBL producing Enterobacteriaceae and to know their antibiogram at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College. Bangalore.

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